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The Florists' Review 



June iSrTraS. 



NEW YOBK. 



The Market. 



The second week of June was on a 

 par with its predecessor. These two 

 weeks combined have broken all former 

 records. For this particular part of the 

 season no such depression in prices has 

 ever been known. The debris carted 

 away daily has been enormous. Vans 

 of purchases at unmentionable prices 

 were absorbed by the department stores. 

 Buyers from the retail element made 

 their own prices, yet the week closed 

 with ice-boxes and cellars crowded 

 with the unsold surplus. Little im- 

 provement is looked for before the sum- 

 mer dullness. June weddings and school 

 commencements may cause a gentle rip- 

 ple before the month ends. 



The peonies are lessening; a goodly 

 lot have gone into cold storage. The 

 outdoor roses soon will have spent their 

 force, shipments will decrease, and roses 

 and carnations should then show signd 

 of convalescence. 



American Beauty roses are retrograd- 

 ing in quality and prices are low. There 

 is no let-up yet in the shipments of tea 

 roses and no change from last week's 

 quotations. The so-called rose novelties 

 of the year are not so abundant, and 

 prices hold fairly well. 



The carnation supply is heavy, and so 

 are the prices. From 50 cents to $1 last 

 week would have bought the best of 

 them. There is no report, however, of 

 any going into cold storage. They go 

 to sleep soon enough naturally. 



Lilies are overabundant and prices 

 have fallen to a Bermuda Easter short- 

 flower quotation — $2 per hundred. The 

 accumulations amount to many thou- 

 sands, one house at one time having as 

 high as 25,000 on hand. Callas are few 

 and mediocre. Valley holds well, the 

 June weddings absorbing all the best 

 of it. 



Gardenias have retired gracefully 

 from competition. There is no limit to 

 the sweet peas, daisies, coreopsis and 

 delphiniums. Sweet peas are especially 

 abundant. Some grand stock has ar- 

 rived lately, premonitory of the Boston 

 exhibition and convention early in July. 



The orchid shipments continue ab- 

 normal, as many as a thousand gigas 

 being on view in a single wholesaler's 

 ice-box at a time. Prices are worth 

 while to the grower only for the finest 

 selections; one lot of 500 sold last 

 week at $35 per hundred. Better prices 

 are now anticipated from the decreasing 

 shipments. 



Various Notes. 



Wm. Kessler has been receiving large 

 shipments of a scarlet peony he calls 

 American Beauty, which commands top 

 prices. 



L. W. Kervan is still at the Poly- 

 clinic hospital, but is convalescing rap- 

 idly. 



June 25 at 10:15 a. m., on the Lacka- 

 wanna railroad, the outing of the New 

 York and New Jersey Plant Growers' 

 Association begins. It will extend over 

 two days and promises to be most en- 

 joyable and largely attended. This so- 

 ciety is noted for the novelty of its 

 celebrations, and this is the most am- 

 bitious trip of its career. All its mem- 

 bers are, now (fr prospectively, mil- 

 lionaires. A wonderfully attractive pro- 

 gram has been provided, and $8.50 pays 

 for it all. Secretary Siebrecht wishes, 

 to know if you are going, as soon as 

 convenient. There will be a night of ' 



dancing and bowling at the Kittening 

 hotel. 



The outing of the New York Florists ' 

 Club will take place July 1. The com- 

 mittee is making complete arrange- 

 ments as to sports, prizes and entertain- 

 ment that should make this the banner 

 excursion of the society. Tickets are 

 for sale by Chairman Phil Kessler, and 

 should be procured at once. More than 

 $400 will be devoted to prizes alone. 



Next comes the Greek-American out- 

 ing, July 9. A large boat has been en- 

 gaged, to hold 1,000, and Secretary 

 Fellouria says there will be that number 

 in attendance. The destination is Col- 

 lege Point. 



Miss Lillian Major, of the A. T. Bod- 

 dington staff, will be married June 29 

 to M. Getz. The young lady is a great 

 favorite with her business associates 

 and receives their congratulations and 

 a two weeks' holiday from Mr. Bod- 

 dington. 



The committee of the International 

 Flower Show of 1914 met and completed 

 its organization Friday, June 13, 1913. 

 Let us hope the "13" in this case may 

 bring good luck to all concerned. F. E, 

 Pierson w^ elected chairman; F. E. 

 Newbold, treasurer, and J. Young, sec- 

 retary. The publicity committee is com- 

 posed of Harry A. Bunyard, chairman, 

 Wallace E. Pierson and Charles H. 

 Totty.^ The scb^^le committee will 

 meet this week. Great enthusiasm is 

 already manifested in New York in 

 favor of this exhibition, and the suc- 

 cess of the show seems already assured. 



The Stumpp ^g^Walter Co. has secured 

 the 6-story bui^d^g at 30 and 32 Barclay 

 street and, a4v extensive ''improve- 

 ments are complied, will move to this 

 desirable location about September 1. 

 The company will have double the space 

 it now occupies at 50 Barclay street, the 

 ground floor covwing twice the area of 

 the present retaij accommodation. 



It was reported at the oflSce of the 

 Yokohama Nursery Co. last week that 

 an alliance between the United States 

 and Japan was consummated June 1 at 

 the residence of the bride's sister, Mr. 

 Kakuda representing the island nation 

 on this occasion. 



Eussin & Hanfling took title to their 

 new 5-story building on West Twenty- 

 eighth street May 29, the price being 

 $50,000. They wiU add $10,000 in im- 

 provements this summer, and expect to 

 occupy the premises early in September. 



Geo. C. Siebrecht would have won the 

 $1,000 Bermuda motorboat race last 

 week if his business had made absence 

 possible. 



F. H. Traendly says the next spring 

 flower show in New York ' ' will discount 

 the April exhibition of this year. ' ' 



Herman Weiss has rented the first 

 floor of 103 West Twenty-eighth street 

 for his wholesale tut flower business. 



The movement f©r Sunday closing and 

 for early closing every day in the week 

 but Saturday seems to be taking prac- 

 tical shape in the wholesale section. 

 Eetailers could profitably make the same 

 arrangements for July and August. 



Wallace E. Pierson advises a visit 

 June 21 to the fsunous rose garden at 

 Elizabeth park, Hartford, Conn., a 

 triumph of artistic skill by Theodore 

 Wirth, now of Minneapolis. The Ameri- 

 can Eose Society 'judges meet that day, 

 and extend a general invitation to all 

 interested to visit jthe wonderful dis- 

 play, f)- 



Mrs. Paul Meconi left June 17 for a 

 ten weeks' visit with friends in Europe. 



Charles Kelley, bookkeeper for M. C. 



Ford, has recovered from a severe at- 

 tack of pneumonia. 



Young & Nugent have had soni?s not i- 

 ble wedding decorations lately. Tie 

 front of this firm 's Twenty-eighth stre^ t 

 store has been much improved and i;s 

 pure white dressing seems esp^jcjally aii- 

 propriate. Mr. and Mrs. Nugent will 

 enjoy a supplementary honeymoon 

 shortly at Atlantic City and other de- 

 sirable summer vacation centers. 



J. A. S. 



The Smith & Hemenway Co., which 

 owns the Eed Devil trademark found 

 on so many florists' glass cutters, states 

 that arrangements have been made to 

 carry a complete stock at the factory 

 at Irvington, N. J., and that all ship- 

 ments will be made from the Irvington 

 Mfg. Co. after July 10. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Business last week averaged a little 

 better than in its predecessor. There 

 has been no improvement in prices; in 

 fact, values now are rather unstable, 

 as is customary in June, and there is 

 a considerable waste each day. Eoses 

 vary in value from 50 cents per hun- 

 dred upward. One lot of 2,000 last 

 week sold for $6, not a profitable price. 

 A large part of the flowers arriving 

 have foliage more or less mildewed. 

 CarnatiorlB vary from 50 cents to $2. 

 A few fancies may go higher, but they 

 are few; $1 is as much as average 

 flowers are worth. Sweet peas are over- 

 abundant and druggy. Many are 

 cleared at low prices. White, pink 

 and lavender are the popular shades. 



Peonies are now at their best. Out- 

 side of such whites as Festiva Max- 

 ima and good pinks, the demand is not 

 brisk. A good many Spanish, Sibe- 

 rian and German irises are seen. The 

 first named sell fairly well; the others 

 not at all. Callas are a slow sale, as 

 are lilies. Good yellow marguerites 

 have sold well and blue cornflowers 

 have been popular. Valley grown out- 

 doors is now over and the call for the 

 indoor article for weddings -has been 

 fairly good. Mignonette ii Hearing 

 the end and snapdragons ar6 also, run- 

 ning much poorer and will soon hoover. 

 Small gladioli such as Peach Blossom 

 are over and the demand for America 

 and other large-flowered sorts is onlv 

 moderate. Cattleyas continue dn ex- 

 cess of the demand. For green stock 

 the sales are now fairly good, weddings 

 helping this branch quite a little. 



Various Notes. 



The garden committee of the Mas>- 

 achusetts Horticultural Society in- 

 spected the Boston parkways June 1'^ 

 on invitation of J. B. Shea, superii ■ 

 tendent. Later, accompanied by Jacl;- 

 son Dawson, the Arnold Arboretum 

 was examined. The trees and shrubs 

 both in the parkways and arboretuns 

 were in splendid condition. The conr.- 

 mittee was later entertained at dinner 

 at Clark's hotel, by Chairman J. K. ^i- 

 L. Farquhar. A gold medal wa-s 

 awarded to the park department fo?" 

 excellence in landscape arrangement 

 and to the Arnold Arboretum for work 

 done for the advancement of hdrticul 

 ture. The committee consisted of J- 

 K. M. L. Farquhar, Wm. Nicholson, D 

 W. Craig, T. J. Grey, T. D. Hatfield, H 

 Brackett, Dr. Kennedy, W. P. Eicb 



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